Long Shot
Long Shot
“10.
It wasn’t because any of his favorite NBA players wore that number—Steve Nash, his main man, wore No. 13 for the Suns—but because his dad had worn No. 10 when he played soccer as a boy in Mexico, and wore it still in what he called his league of old men.
So Pedro was 10 this season the same as he had been on the fifth-grade team.
Back when he was still a starter.
But he wasn’t a starter today at Vernon High School. The gym looked exactly as it did for varsity games, with the bleachers pulle...d out from the side walls, new scoreboards brightly lit behind both baskets, and a scorers’ table set up at half-court, where one parent kept the official stat book and another one operated the clock.
Pedro’s mom and dad—and Sarah—were in the stands with the rest of the Vernon parents, behind the Knights’ bench. The Camden parents sat at the other end. Last season, Vernon had lost to the Camden Cavaliers in the league semi-finals, and Pedro recognized a lot of the kids on their team.MoreLess
It wasn’t because any of his favorite NBA players wore that number—Steve Nash, his main man, wore No. 13 for the Suns—but because his dad had worn No. 10 when he played soccer as a boy in Mexico, and wore it still in what he called his league of old men.
So Pedro was 10 this season the same as he had been on the fifth-grade team.
Back when he was still a starter.
But he wasn’t a starter today at Vernon High School. The gym looked exactly as it did for varsity games, with the bleachers pulle...d out from the side walls, new scoreboards brightly lit behind both baskets, and a scorers’ table set up at half-court, where one parent kept the official stat book and another one operated the clock.
Pedro’s mom and dad—and Sarah—were in the stands with the rest of the Vernon parents, behind the Knights’ bench. The Camden parents sat at the other end. Last season, Vernon had lost to the Camden Cavaliers in the league semi-finals, and Pedro recognized a lot of the kids on their team.MoreLess
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